Word: dollars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wish we could give them a big lift fast-without any strings or political oratory or pressure concerning their dominions and colonies. . . . Ten billion (her own choice of medium) and the lending (only if invited) of our ex-"dollar-a-year" men is this ex-isolationist's plea...
...chance that Attlee might have to yield the leadership to a bigger Laborite. He and his Government had lost prestige at home and abroad. But now Attlee is over the worst of his qualms. He is banking on the Cripps production and export program, Dalton's emergency dollar measures, and the coming ministerial changes to restore British and world confidence...
Canadians must get along with fewer U.S. automobiles, washing machines, radios, refrigerators and Florida vacations. To bring its dollar trade into balance, the Dominion Government is going to cut imports from the U.S., even though it means lowering the Canadian standard of living. In seven months (January-July) Canada bought $573 million more from the U.S. than she sold there. At that rate the deficit would be almost $1 billion by year...
There was still plenty of unofficial talk last week about devaluing Canada's dollar to boost exports and curb imports, but it seemed to be only talk. Few in the Government saw devaluation as a cure for the disease. A $500 million "psychological" loan from the U.S. (TIME, Aug. 25) also seemed less attractive now; it would be hard to justify, hard...
Explanation. Last week, Mrs. Noggins sounded off on the dollar crisis. Said she: " 'Tis awful 'ard, you see, to realize you're goin' broke when you're spendin' your capital and 'avin' a whale of a time, same as poor Uncle 'Erbert when 'e mortgaged 'is 'ouse in Liverpool and lived like a prince until the sheriff arrived along with three widows, suin' for breach of promise. . . . Well, the way I read it, we can't pay for the goods we get from the States unless...